This book contains 25 story theater scripts appropriate for Grades 2 through 6. The scripts are designed to accommodate whole-classroom participation. The book also includes a description of the process for working with students to create a school Story Fest.

A comparison of children's theater groups from around the world shows that the Russians are lavish, the Rumanians are earthy, and the Americans innovative. (Editor)

The production of an operetta by children in the second grade is described. (CK)

Praises the humanitarian value of a James Baldwin play, which pleads for compassion and understanding of another man's (here, the Negro's) point of view, trials and triumphs as a human being, and search to find meaning in the human predicament. (KG)

Rejects traditional or western classical definitions of genres and autistic movements as the source of Black aesthetics. Contends that the Black artist must instead study his own people, their dialects, life-styles, and psychological crises to create a vital Black theater. (KG)

Describes the lighting design profession including working conditions and expectations. (JOW)

Reviews the 1988 Vancouver Children's Festival. Explores some of the educational implications of this event. (MM)

Argues that the leading professional children's theaters should commit themselves to a group of proven professional playwrights as the surest way to nurture the feasibility and aesthetic sensibility of children's theater. (SR)

Describes the job of a wardrobe supervisor. Responsibilities include assembling and maintaining each actor's wardrobe for a show's entire run; helping actors change costumes; and repairing, altering, or creating costumes. Disadvantages include a frantic pace; often poor working conditions; strain on eyes, neck, and back; and exposure to fumes and…

In order to better understand the worth of aesthetic experience in encountering poetry, fresh perspectives are helpful. This paper introduces the reader to modern stylistics: that is linguistic examinations of "the speaker's meaning" in literature and notes such "scientific" approaches to poetry do find common metaphysical ground with leading…

Creativity is a term that has many interpretations yet is seen as crucial to the development of students in higher education. As part of a wider research project entitled "Podagogy" at the University of Wolverhampton, a number of individual projects were undertaken within the performing arts subjects. The focus of the projects was to…

In this article, the author explores the possibilities of teaching and learning through multiple-literacies in an arts environment. Acknowledging that technologies have a profound effect on our society, and often outpace our ability to properly assess or understand their implications, the author asserts that young people can become critical and…

This article explores the extent to which aspiring entrants to the performing arts industry have to develop both the forms of "vocational practice" employers require and "social capital" to enable them to operate effectively in external labour markets (i.e. contract-based and networked-generated work). It focuses on the work of…

This article considers the implications of a disability arts, culture and scholarship series "The Unruly Salon", undertaken at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver in Canada, which ran from January to March 2008. It asks how and whether the encounter of this Series with its diverse audiences makes a lasting contribution to the…

The results of a two-year study indicate that collaborative testing is a valuable pedagogical strategy that can both assess and enhance student learning. After finishing their first attempt at each exam, students were given a second attempt either working collaboratively in small groups or individually with open books and notes. Collaborative…